I Became The Only Healer In The Academy [EN]: Chapter 92

92

“Kuaaack!”

“Keueok!”

There were a total of five second-year students participating in the sparring.

I had hoped that with five people, we could somehow handle it, but that didn’t happen.

The difference was only about five seconds longer compared to when we fought three against one.

Everyone had a broken bone somewhere and crawled out of the arena, unable to support each other.

Now, only eleven third-year students were left.

Among them was Cha Min-hyuk, who had previously competed against Seonghyun for a spot on the national team.

‘…He’s gotten stronger.’

He had become stronger than when we competed before.

He didn’t just get stronger; he appeared extremely strong.

He was showing an incomprehensible rate of growth, and among those gathered for the sparring, Cha Min-hyuk knew this best.

“M-Minhyuk, do you think… they’ll accept us if we give up…?”

“…No. They’re completely out of their minds right now.”

“Then what do we do…”

The rules themselves were too advantageous for Seonghyun.

Others would be immediately incapacitated if they broke a bone, but Seonghyun could just heal.

“I have a suggestion.”

“What is it?”

Cha Min-hyuk said to Seonghyun with a determined expression.

“These rules are advantageous to you. I want to change them a little.”

“How?”

“We should be allowed to kill you.”

Seonghyun knew why he was saying it was advantageous, so Seonghyun suggested an alternative.

“I just won’t use healing.”

“Believe you? Bullshit.”

Cha Min-hyuk’s expression was serious.

He was asking for a rule that would allow them to kill Seonghyun.

Seonghyun, wondering if he hadn’t come to his senses after being beaten so badly last time, replied with a slightly murderous look in his eyes.

“Okay. Everyone else, come up here.”

At Seonghyun’s words, which were filled with arrogance, Cha Min-hyuk vowed to kill Seonghyun above all else.

Seonghyun felt the same, but he, as well as the other third-year students in this place, had abilities that were more specialized in killing than subduing.

His ability, which he thought had no weaknesses…

Seonghyun had made him realize his weakness, so this time he would not be exploited.

‘Kim Seonghyun… I admit he’s strong, but it’s different in a real fight.’

Of course, he had no intention of killing him.

As the only hunter in the world with healing abilities, the headmaster would never allow it.

But such things usually happen by accident.

He had adapted to the speed from the previous two sparrings, so he wouldn’t lose.

“You’ll regret this choice…”

Cha Min-hyuk was speaking in the changed scenery, but in the meantime, one of the third-year students collapsed.

“You cowardly bastard, talking while…!”

“I see. So one against eleven is more cowardly than eleven against one?”

“You…!”

The aftermath was so clean that his arm was broken, and he was unconscious.

***

“Huh…”

The headmaster watched the arena where all the sparring had ended without saying a word.

“Eleven people in an instant…”

Just having a large number wasn’t advantageous.

Among the abilities that each person had, there were abilities that interfered with each other.

The range was different, the power was different, and everything was different, so when they tried to work together for the first time, a situation arose where it was better to be alone.

Seonghyun couldn’t have been unaware of this from the start.

With this, they became beings that could not be defeated even if eleven people attacked.

“Thank you. It was a reckless request.”

“No. Thanks to you, I’m seeing something interesting for the first time in a while.”

Seonghyun immediately headed to the place where those who had sparred were gathered.

Groans could be heard from nearby, so it seemed like he had finished the job properly today.

Soon, when Seonghyun appeared, the groans that had been heard quickly subsided.

“K-Kim Seonghyun…”

Seonghyun met the eyes of each and every one of the injured.

The animosity he had seen at the academy entrance today had completely disappeared, as if they had never felt such emotions.

Even fear, which had never been seen before, was reflected.

“W-What are you going to do…”

Seonghyun didn’t answer the question.

He didn’t even look in that direction and used his ability.

Healing the wounds of a total of twenty people was a burden for Seonghyun, but he had received more shock than this in the gate he had gone to in order to clear the previous quest, so this time it was quite bearable.

“H-Healing…”

Most of them.

No, everyone in this place was feeling Seonghyun’s healing directly for the first time.

“This is… healing…?”

It was hard to explain what it felt like.

Warm and gentle.

It was even harder to describe because they were feeling this from the person who had put them in this state.

After healing everyone, Seonghyun left the place without saying a word.

“…”

Everyone in this place had completely recovered from their injuries, but no one got up first, nor could they even speak.

“I believe everyone had a good experience.”

The headmaster appeared and said, looking at the students who were half out of their minds.

“Ah, and this is something I did on my own, but today’s sparring was all broadcasted.”

“Y-Yes?”

“I believe you know the intention well. Everyone, please return to your classes.”

How could they return to their classes?

They couldn’t even imagine what kind of gazes would be on them when they returned to their classes.

***

“Wow, Seonghyun, you can’t be beaten at all now, can you?”

“He doesn’t get tired, so you can’t beat him.”

“Can’t you just cancel the summon [referring to Seonghyun’s ability to summon and control entities]?”

“Well… I guess so.”

Inhwan and Sangyeon were also standing tall thanks to Seonghyun’s performance today.

They felt pride in being on the same team as Seonghyun.

“Are you leaving now?”

“I have to. I finished the sparring cleanly, so I’ll have to see the reactions later.”

“If it’s the same as at the entrance today…”

“I’ll have to do another sparring, right?”

“…”

Inhwan and Sangyeon sincerely hoped that the academy students would not send the same gazes as today.

Even though Seonghyun heals them, the experience of having a broken bone was not a good experience.

As they were about to leave the academy, Seongwook came to find them.

“Seonghyun!”

“Ah, it’s been a while. How have you been?”

“Yeah. Well… it’s not that… I have something to say…”

Seongwook’s expression, which wasn’t very good, made me wonder if he was being bullied by someone else again, but that didn’t seem to be the case.

His body, which had become more sturdy compared to when I first saw him, was proof of how much effort he had put in recently.

“What’s wrong?”

“It’s a little difficult to talk about it here.”

“Is that so?”

Seonghyun, who had come up to the academy rooftop with Seongwook, immediately asked the main point.

“What are you talking about…?”

“Do you happen to know Heo Taehyun?”

“Who? Heo… Taehyun?”

Seonghyun recalled his memories.

He had definitely heard the name somewhere.

“Ah, I think I know.”

He was the person who was called Sangyeon’s follower when Sangyeon wasn’t on good terms with him before.

And, the one who sent an assassin to Seonghyun.

It wasn’t much of an assassination threat, so it was a name he had forgotten a little.

“Why that person?”

“I overheard by chance, that… the rumor that’s spreading in the academy.”

“You mean the rumor that I took drugs?”

I didn’t use the word ‘drug’ because I thought it would be uncomfortable, but Seonghyun didn’t seem to care.

“Y-Yeah. It seems like Heo Taehyun is the source of that rumor.”

“…What? Can you tell me in detail?”

Seonghyun’s expression hardened in an instant.

He had just let it go because he had dealt with the assassin who had sent him, but this was happening again.

“When the national competition broadcast came out last time, you guys didn’t come out, right?”

“Yeah.”

“That night, I was walking down the street and heard someone talking on the phone in the park about the competition.”

Normally, he would have just passed by, but Seongwook had an ominous feeling that day.

“So I listened to what they were saying, and Seongwook said that you were disqualified because you were caught taking illegal drugs.”

“Are you sure?”

“Yeah. I have a recording of it here too.”

Seongwook handed over his phone, and Taehyun’s voice was coming out of the phone.

“…Seonghyun took illegal drugs, he said. Yeah. It’s real, you know?”

Inhwan and Sangyeon, who had been listening to the conversation and recording silently, also showed expressions that were not usually seen.

“…Heo Taehyun, that crazy bastard.”

“Was he this kind of guy? Ha… pathetic.”

It was a short recording, but the evidence was clear.

“…Can you send it to my phone first?”

“Okay.”

Seonghyun, who received the recording file from Seongwook, patted Seongwook’s shoulder a couple of times and left the place.

Seonghyun, who came out of the academy building, kept playing the recording and pondered.

“What should I do…”

If you listen to the recording, it wasn’t even a guess.

Even the tone of voice was confident, as if he was telling the truth.

The animosity felt in this short recording seemed like it would become a big flaw later if he left it alone.

“Let’s finish this like I finished the academy work today.”

“I agree. These things don’t get better the longer you put them off.”

Seonghyun wasn’t worried about whether to deal with the work today or postpone it.

“How much is appropriate…”

He couldn’t just leave someone who had openly expressed hostility towards him alone.

Especially not twice.

But if he handled it poorly, it would only provoke him more.

He couldn’t choose the option of killing him, so he had to find the most appropriate option.

So Seonghyun and his party kept waiting.

Until the academy class was over.

After quite a long time, the academy class ended, and the students began to come out.

“He’s out.”

Inhwan was the first to find Taehyun, and Taehyun was coming out of the building alone and heading somewhere.

“That’s not his house.”

Sangyeon, who used to be close to Taehyun, knew that that direction was not Taehyun’s house.

“Let’s follow him.”

Since Seonghyun had shown a radical move today, the other side would definitely take some action.

Seonghyun and his party followed Taehyun, and the place they arrived at after walking for about thirty minutes was a place that looked like an ordinary bar.

“That place is…”

“Do you know where it is?”

“What kind of place is it?”

Inhwan and Sangyeon didn’t know, but Seonghyun knew.

It was a place he knew even before his regression.

It looked like an ordinary bar, but it was a place that took on all kinds of requests.

“You can think of it as a detective agency.”

It wasn’t a high-level place.

They handled a lot of petty things, but there was one thing they were good at.

That is, agitation [spreading rumors or inciting unrest].

It was a place that showed excellent performance in spreading false information.

The intention was obvious.

“I have to completely eradicate the roots. Should I go in first? I’ll make a phone call and go in.”

“Okay. We’ll find out as much as we can.”

“We’ll pretend to be asking for a request, too.”

Inhwan and Sangyeon went into the bar, and Seonghyun made a phone call somewhere.